Game Merchants Starting from the Ninja World.

Chapter 119 We received player feedback

Terumi Mei's eyes were cold and sharp, as if she wanted to bite the money-grubbing game merchant to death.

She asked, "What abilities does a family crest, which costs almost as much as the Mangekyou Sharingan, possess?"

They just spent all their money buying silver materials, and now a family crest has appeared.

Mei Terumi regretted her decision. She wished she hadn't started her own clan. Instead, she should have waited until the Dawn Clan was established, then contacted Sunagakure and Iwagakure to launch a sneak attack and destroy the clan monument.

No one can start their own clan, which means no one needs to waste reward points.

Standing in the empty family territory, Qing carefully read the introduction about the family crests and explained, "The information shows players the abilities of the two family crests."

Mei Terumi also opened the family panel and flipped through the information about the family crest.

Two badges were displayed in total.

The first one is palm-sized, entirely deep blue, and shaped like a complete snowflake, a family crest.

"Family crests are divided into two types: combat and support."

"This badge is called the [Snow Soul Badge]. It is a combat badge that can be inlaid on the clan monument. Once activated, it consumes a certain number of reward points every minute and provides all clan members with a 10-point ice attribute attack enhancement."

"All family members?"

Mei Terumi's emerald green eyes lit up, and she asked in surprise, "It can provide a full 10 points of ice attribute attack enhancement?"

Qing nodded and said, "That's right, that's what the information says. Although game merchants value reward points, the items they sell are all genuine and there have never been any defective products."

10 points of Ice Attribute Attack Enhancement!

Mei Terumi took a deep breath, her fair hand gently stroking her chest to soothe her rapidly beating heart.

A set of armor that enhances attributes must be level 15 and green quality to provide 10 points of attribute attack enhancement.

After trying to wear attribute-enhancing armor, even her kunai were imbued with fire attribute energy, and her skill strength would also increase. The higher the attribute attack, the stronger the amplification effect.

After calming down, Mei Terumi asked, "Ao, how much does a set of green-quality armor, with attribute enhancement, cost?"

Qing thought for a moment and replied, "Merchant players can buy complete sets of armor directly, with prices fluctuating around 4,000 reward points. Some solo player groups sell them for a lower price, but they don't sell complete sets, only individual pieces."

During this period, players have been frantically clearing the Dead Soul Camp, resulting in a large number of blue and green quality armor and jewelry drops, causing equipment prices to drop slightly; otherwise, they would have been even more expensive.

Upon hearing the answer,

Mei Terumi, who had barely managed to suppress her emotions, let them surge up again. She exclaimed excitedly, "Such a good thing actually happened?!"

All two hundred players from the Mist Shadow Clan can provide 10 points of ice attribute enhancement.

That's equivalent to two hundred sets of green-quality armor, which is an astronomical number!

The family badge only costs 10 reward points, which is really great value for money, no... it's practically free reward points.

even,

This gave Mei Terumi a sense of satisfaction, like she had finally gotten her revenge after being tricked out of her silver heart material.

How many reward points do we have left in our warehouse?

"80,000 reward points."

After a moment's thought, Mei Terumi said, "Make preparations for the two properties we just occupied on the border of the Land of Fire. If we don't receive the special reward in three days, we'll just buy random family badges."

"Lord Mizukage."

Qing subtly reminded him, "Family badges have a high degree of randomness. Combat badges include physical attack, energy attack, physical defense, energy defense, movement speed, casting speed..."

"Getting the desired family crest randomly is very difficult."

Most players in the Mist Village clan are Mist Village ninjas or commoners from the Land of Water. Their attack methods tend to be energy and water-based, and there are many mage-type classes.

If a badge that randomly appears, such as one that increases physical attack, it's like wasting 10 reward points.

"even……"

Qing sighed and continued, "There are also auxiliary badges, such as badges that enhance the tailoring skill, which can increase the success rate when making cloth armor, or energy potion badges, which can increase the success rate of energy potion preparation, or the mutation rate."

Mei Terumi's emotions collapsed instantly.

Then my attention was drawn to the announcements posted by game merchants in the chat channel.

The family crest with a (fixed) suffix means that you can actively choose the crest attributes, instead of gambling like opening a can.

Mei Terumi sighed with deep regret, "Whoever gets the special reward earns hundreds of thousands of reward points, damn it..."

It's no longer possible for them to produce a Silver Heart that surpasses the Dawn Family's in the short term.

Are we just supposed to watch helplessly as the Dawn Family takes away the special reward?

Of course not.

Behind the screen,

Looking at Konan's composed expression and Terumi Mei's unwilling heart.

Fang Yi smiled with relief as he watched Sunagakure and Konoha remain inactive.

Is competitiveness the most important aspect of a game?

How can players have energy they can't use and reward points they don't know where to spend them?

Seeing the disappointed looks on the top players' faces, Fang Yi decided to step forward and protect their smiles, as it was his inescapable responsibility as a game planner.

Two seconds later,

The game merchant issued a special announcement.

[Game Merchant]: In response to recent feedback from many players regarding the low drop rate and high demand for the silver material [Salina's Heart], we have made slight changes to [Dead Soul Camp].

The drop rate for materials remains unchanged in Hell difficulty dungeons.

Adventure, Warrior-level Dead Soul Camp, adds new materials [Salina's Heart (Purple)], [Salina's Heart (Blue)], and [Heart Adhesive] materials.

Consuming [Heart Adhesive] allows you to bond low-quality materials [Salina's Heart]. Successful bonding will improve the quality of the material.

……

Who provided the feedback?

Don't talk nonsense. When have our Dawn Family players ever given any feedback?

The Dawn Family, who had already secured victory, felt the deep malice from the Reincarnation Game. The Merchant Alliance, which had stockpiled the remaining five silver materials, also hurriedly began to sell them off.

Just half an hour after the special announcement was released,

[Game Merchant]: Congratulations to player [Elder of Sunagakure] for founding the Sunagakure Clan.

[Game Merchant]: Congratulations to player [Huangtu] for founding the Iwagakure Clan.

[Game Merchant]: Congratulations to player [Successor of the Will of Fire] for founding the Konoha Clan.

[Game Merchant]: Congratulations to player [White Scale Serpent] for founding the Konoha Empire Clan.

The continuous stream of announcements kept players on the edge of their seats.

Previously, those forces that lacked sufficient resources or strength were still observing, but after seeing the latest announcement, they chose to establish their own families without hesitation.

Are they unwilling to start their own families and compete for special rewards?

How is that possible?

Creating a clan can bring players together, and the earlier you create one, the better the effect. Delaying it is just a last resort.

Otherwise, when Fog Shadow and Dawn were acquiring Silver Heart, no one was willing to sell for a full 40,000 reward points, simply because everyone had a restless heart.

……

Sand Hidden, Kazekage Building.

The sculptures depicting the figures of past dynasties, with their cold hue, stand solemnly in the center of the council hall.

Rasa, who had been resurrected from the dead, showed both lingering fear and anger in his expression.

The Kazekage, a figure of great stature, was ambushed by Orochimaru, preventing Sunagakure from gaining any advantage in the Konoha Crush plan.

"Gaara".

Luo Sha suddenly spoke, breaking the silence.

He raised his head and looked at Gaara, who was sitting at the end of the table, with a complicated expression. Gaara was the Jinchuriki of the One-Tailed Beast from Sunagakure and also his own son.

He was also the savior who took out a resurrection coin and was willing to let the Fourth Kazekage return to the present world.

"Kazekage-sama."

Gaara was expressionless, as if he were a monster without emotions.

But Luo Sha could clearly see the hatred and fear flashing in the other person's eyes. It wasn't like he was looking at his father and the Kazekage, but rather at his enemy.

He sighed inwardly.

Rasa suddenly stood up and said in a very serious tone, "Gaara, the Jinchūriki of Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast, was unable to withstand Shukaku's powerful mental pressure due to his cowardly personality. He repeatedly went berserk in his childhood and was judged by me, the Fourth Kazekage, as a complete failure."

Cold and heartless words,

This caused the Sand Village elders present to frown.

Temari looked displeased. Although she was somewhat afraid of Gaara, he was still her younger brother and she couldn't bear to see Gaara's wounds reopened in front of everyone. She wanted to speak but was stopped by the silent Kankuro.

Is this just another old trick?

Mental provocation and assassination attempts were all aimed at killing me and replacing me with a new Jinchūriki, simply because I was an absolute failure.

Yashamaru considers me the murderer who killed my sister.

Temari and Kankuro are afraid of me.

My father treated me as a failure and constantly tried to kill me.

Even my mother hated me deeply before she died.

So, what am I?

Gaara lowered his head, his chakra involuntarily becoming violent, and Shukaku's ear-piercing laughter began to echo in his mind again.

Hatred, misfortune, killing...

This is the true value of my existence.

The sand inside the gourd on his back churned up like a storm, clinging to Gaara's skin and turning half of his body into a chaotic and malevolent raccoon monster.

"Killing you is the only reason I live!"

"Still unable to control yourself?"

Rasa frowned slightly, but instead of releasing a ninjutsu to control Gaara as he usually did when Shukaku went berserk.

Instead, he lifted his foot and walked firmly to Gaara.

"Want to kill me?...Come on!"

"A failure like me, a monster like me, should have died a long time ago, right?"

The monster raised its head and stared intently at its father, who was so close yet seemed like a stranger.

This feeling of loneliness, of being abandoned by the whole world, is so painful.

Luo Sha's gaze was calm, but his heart was aching.

Since succeeding the Fourth Kazekage, he had been busy working for Sunagakure and had never looked at Gaara so closely as he did today.

As the Kazekage, he should have a heart of stone and dedicate everything to Sunagakure.

But just a second before he was killed by Orochimaru and Kabuto, the image of Gaara appeared in his mind.

"I'm the one who should apologize."

Rasa took a deep breath and bowed deeply to Gaara.

"In the eyes of the Fourth Kazekage, you are a failure."

"But I am not only the Fourth Kazekage, but also your father. From a father's perspective, I am the terrifying monster, a complete and utter loser."

The emergence of reincarnation games,

The destruction of the strongest ninja village and his own death suddenly made Rasa see many things in a new light.

At first, he was determined to revitalize Sunagakure even at the cost of his health, but he didn't trust anyone at all, including his own son, whom he treated as a tool.

The final outcome of this would probably not be much better than that of Konoha.

Kankuro's punch really hurt.

"Are you... insane?"

Gaara's taut heartstrings trembled violently; he could hardly believe he was hearing such words.

Yashamaru, Mother...

"They're all fake."

As if he could read Gaara's mind, Rasa's guilt deepened as he said, "Yashamaru, and your mother, they are the people who love you most in the world."

Spread your five fingers wide, and dazzling gold dust bursts forth.

It struck Gaara's gourd.

Before Gaara could react, the sand inside the gourd had already flowed out, blocking Rasa's gold dust.

A warm aura of chakra surrounded Gaara, as if a beam of light had dispelled the darkness.

"The power of absolute defense does not come from Shukaku."

"It is your mother's chakra, Karura's chakra. Even on her deathbed, she was still thinking about you and wanted to protect you."

……

Amegakure

It was still pouring rain.

Rows of dark, corrugated iron buildings stand densely packed together, resembling a forest of steel, giving one a suffocating feeling.

The crooked building, constructed from oddly shaped metal pipes, overlooks the entire village from its top.

Sitting atop the building, Payne, with an indifferent expression, is depicted on the tip of a giant iron mask.

"A naive idea!"

Payne murmured to himself.

He couldn't remember exactly how many times he had argued with Xiao Nan recently.

Even partners who work side by side will not back down an inch when faced with ideological disputes.

"Can only suffering bring true peace, through wishful thinking of persuasion and understanding?"

He didn't say the rest.

The murder of a close friend proves that this path is wrong; those who have never experienced pain cannot understand each other.

"Nagato".

Xiao Nan's figure appeared in mid-air, her pure white paper wings making her look like an angel.

Nagato unconsciously lowered his gaze slightly.

But then, a black envelope was handed to them.

The ripples of the Rinnegan trembled slightly, as Nagato was staring intently. He felt something was strange; the envelope, which showed no chakra fluctuations whatsoever, was able to avoid the falling rain.

It's like there's a barrier separating it from the rest of the world.

"I founded the Dawn Clan, and we get two game invitations every month, so Nagato can become a player too."

No outsiders,

Konan's icy demeanor seemed to melt away somewhat, and she looked at Nagato with a smile in her eyes.

Nagato frowned, raised his hand and then lowered it, coldly saying, "I've said it before, your ideas are completely unrealistic. Only by collecting the Tailed Beasts can true peace be brought about. I don't have time to help you."

"Becoming a player allows you to continuously grow stronger and also helps you collect tailed beasts."

Konan does not oppose the collection of the tailed beasts.

During this time, she had deep contact with ordinary people at the bottom of society and realized that changing reality requires not only mutual understanding but also strong support.

"I don't need to become stronger; I am already a god in this world!"

Nagato, who was controlling Pain's body, uttered these words without any expression.

However, the original body inside the base was unexpectedly annoyed because of his partner's suspicion of him.

With these eyes that are said to "control the cycle of life and death," no one in the ninja world can be his match. Even Madara Uchiha, who is hiding behind the Akatsuki organization, is someone he is confident he can fight.

Konan raised her eyes and stared directly at Pain, as if she saw Nagato. She said, "Breaking news: former Konoha ninjas wanted by the Konoha Empire, led by Hiruzen Sarutobi, have settled in the Land of Hot Springs. Among them is suspected to be the deceased Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze."

"Resurrecting the dead?"

"That's right. During the battle that destroyed Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi was killed by Onoki's Dust Release, but he was also resurrected unharmed."

This is the terrifying power of the cycle of reincarnation.

Even the dead can return to the present world completely intact.

Payne sat silently in the rain.

Reviving the dead... The Rinnegan can also do this. The Outer Path: Rinne Rebirth Technique can revive the dead after it is released.

However, it requires a significant amount of the caster's life force to be consumed.

He could revive Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had just died, but reviving Minato Namikaze, who had been dead for many years... was simply impossible.

Even if I used up all my life force, I still couldn't do it.

Otherwise, Yahiko would have been resurrected by himself long ago.

After a long silence,

Nagato then affirmed, "This incredible ability might be due to the fact that the otherworldly paradise is relatively close to the mortal realm, which is why they were able to develop a unique resurrection technique. However, it doesn't necessarily mean that the game merchant is incredibly powerful."

He strongly opposed the game of reincarnation, believing that the game's merchants were desecrating peace.

That's not the case.

Footsteps suddenly sounded.

A voice, moving at a measured pace, stepped onto the messy pipes and emerged from behind Payne from the dark, cold, tilted iron tower.

"When we encounter something new, what we need to do is to engage with it, then understand and digest it, instead of locking ourselves in a dark and cramped room like the old Hanzo."

"How is your masked room any different from Hanzo's office back then?"

Obscured by dark clouds, the cold, lifeless sunlight fell upon the newcomer, barely concealing his striking orange-yellow hair.

Yahiko looked at the puppet body controlled by Nagato and revealed a warm smile as bright as sunshine.

"Long time no see, Nagato."

(End of this chapter)